Chapter 1419: Han Banner World (One Hundred and Nine) Iron Wall (Part 2)
Wang Shubo looked at Fan Kui's leaving back and shook his head in confusion: "How could he know so clearly?" In front of him and Qu Wan, there was a map of Wuguan's fortifications drawn with charcoal. Black lines of different thicknesses, each representing a different fortification and defense scale. ■●●
Qu Wan snorted and sneered, "This can only explain one problem. Fan Kui was not what he said he would fight unyieldingly. In the end, he was captured due to exhaustion. He was probably surrendering to the Han army. So in Wuguan, he Only with full freedom can we see these things.”
"But even so, it is impossible for the Han army to let him understand the defense line in such detail. Yang Dasha is not really stupid." Wang Shubo shook his head.
Qu Wan picked up the unopened letter written to him by Yang Dasha on the table, "Whoever thinks Yang Dasha is really stupid should just wait and die. This is a letter of challenge to me. Believe it or not, in this letter, Yang Dasha will tell me that everything Fan Kui said is true. He just wants to tell me clearly. So what if you know it? "
"Psychological warfare? Isn't this too childish? We are not newbies, how can he influence us with just a few words?" Wang Shubo sneered.
Qu Wan glanced at Wang Shubo, tore open the envelope and put it in front of Wang Shubo. ■
"How are you going to fight? Do you want to find another way or just fight as Fan Kui said?"
Wang Shubo picked up the letter written by Yang Dasha. The handwriting was ugly, and each word was written in a huge size, but the meaning inside was exactly what Qu Wan said. This is what I did. If you have the guts, you can write it.
"Wuguan is just such a battlefield. You can't change it if you want to change it. If you want to win Wuguan, you have to win Shaoxi Mountain first. He knows, and we also know that apart from hard attack, there is nothing better. Method. But even if it is a hard attack, there are many ways to choose." Wang Shubo stood up. "General, I will not let you down."
On Shaoxi Mountain, Yang Dasha was holding a telescope and observing the Chu army on the opposite side. The third division led by Mei Hua was now guarding Shaoxi Mountain. The third division took the lead in attacking Wuguan and successfully captured Wuguan within the stipulated time, but it also suffered losses. Although the loss of soldiers was not large, it continued on its way. The battle and the construction of fortifications after the war made them extremely exhausted physically and mentally. Shaoxi Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now Wuguan will inevitably face a desperate counterattack by the Chu army. Shaoxi Mountain seems to be the enemy It was a must-win point, but because of the terrain, it was the easiest point.
"The Chu army is digging trenches!" Yang Dasha put down the telescope and turned to look at Mei Hua beside him, "There are also experts among the Chu army. ◆▼I thought they would pounce on them like madmen. Unexpectedly They were quite calm. Now Wu Ya is in trouble."
"Dig a trench?" Mei Hua raised the telescope and observed carefully for a while.
Nodding, "It seems that the other party is unable to deal with our ferocious firepower. We are going to use the method of digging trenches to get closer bit by bit. Although it is a clumsy way, it is a good way. It is a little slower, but it is a good way." Let’s get into trouble too!”
"He is a good opponent." Yang Da smiled stupidly, "That's all."
No wonder Yang Dasha is so confident. One after another, the Han Dynasty's inventions in weapons have profoundly changed the war model on this continent. For example, resisting the impact of cavalry in a dense formation will become a tragedy in front of the Han army. And the Chu army just proved this truth with a painful lesson. And this is just a temporary initiative of the two cavalry. If it is a regular battle, the Han army will bombard them with artillery first. The denser the formation, the greater the casualties will be.
Just like Wuguan now, the name has not changed. But the entire defense system has completely changed. The entire defense line, with dense fortresses as points, forms a circular defense circle. The criss-crossing trenches extend to the bottom of Wuguan, above the Wuguan city wall, and beyond. On Xishan Mountain, there are hundreds of artillery deployed, covering the entire attack surface according to different ranges. ●●In order to be able to block Qu Wan's 200,000 elites within Wuguan, Gao Yuan also spent a lot of money.
But obviously, the generals of the Chu army were not idiots. When they knew the huge lethality of artillery, they also understood the limitations of artillery. In a very short period of time, Wang Shubo came up with a way to use long-range weapons. The Chu army was unable to resist the Han army, so they could only avoid the enemy's strong points. They advanced by trench digging, which left the artillery with little remaining power. Even if it was covering fire, the effect achieved would be insignificant. It would be great to get close to the Han army's position at the minimum cost. When the enemy's artillery is close to a certain extent, the enemy's artillery will no longer work. At that time, the battlefield process will still return to the familiar scene of the Chu army, that is It was a life-and-death fight with Leng Weapon, life for life, and with the current strength of the Chu army, they undoubtedly had the advantage.
This is what Yang Dasha meant when he said Wu Ya was in trouble.
Facing such an offensive scene, Wu Ya was very annoyed. The advancement of the trench made him know that he had counted on a lot of artillery support. What he had to face was a face-to-face fight with the Chu army.
Wu Ya was not afraid of fighting a tough battle, but compared to the huge numerical advantage of the Chu army, the number of Han troops guarding Wuguan was really small. The Han army had two goals, one was to consume, and prolong the situation, which would affect the overall situation of the Chu state. At a certain time, the role of Qu Wan's army will disappear. Secondly, there will be a large number of casualties, making the Chu army afraid of Wuguan. .ww.▼
Now it seems that it is difficult to kill a large number of Chu troops in front of their own positions, so they must adopt the first strategy, consumption.
Wu Ya sent out an engineering battalion, and dug a trench horizontally about 300 meters away from their own positions. Compared with the excavation progress of the Chu army, Wu Ya's engineering battalion was much more efficient. Each of them was equipped with an engineering shovel and many other applicable tools. In just half a day, a trench more than two meters deep was dug in front of the position. The trench dug by the Chu army, no matter which route it took, would eventually be dug into this trench. The trench dug by the Chu army was shallow, while the trench dug by the Han army was deep. If the Chu army wanted to continue to advance, this was a hurdle that could not be bypassed.
The Chu army also knew that the Han soldiers were digging trenches, but they didn't know that this trench was much deeper than theirs. When night was about to fall, the trenches of the Chu soldiers finally reached this trench. After a short silence, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded, and countless Chu soldiers rushed out of the trenches, jumped out of the trenches they dug, and attacked Wu Ya's defense line.
After running dozens of steps, a trench suddenly appeared in front of them. The trench was several meters wide, and the opposite side was higher, forming a steep slope in the opposite direction. The Chu soldiers who couldn't stop their feet could only jump forward desperately. The soldiers in the front fell on the slope and climbed up with their hands and feet, while the ones behind were not so lucky. More people fell directly into the trench, and the depth of the trench was obviously beyond their expectations. It is easy to fall into a trench more than two meters deep, but it is difficult to climb up.
In a blink of an eye, the trench was filled with Chu soldiers, and behind them, more soldiers could not cross the trench and could only stop, and at this distance, stopping meant death.
Above the Han army's defense line, the divine crossbows rang, with the sound of wind and the horn of death, and shot at these Chu soldiers. Shields were raised one after another. The wooden shields wrapped in iron sheets could hardly withstand the rapid shooting of the divine crossbows. Amid the sound of the shields constantly breaking, rows of Chu soldiers screamed and fell down, and their bodies fell into the trench.
In the chaos, behind the trench where the Chu army was trying to climb up, a team of Han soldiers suddenly jumped out of the shallow trench they were lying in. Before the engineers dug the deep trench in front, they dug another small trench in the back. With a little camouflage, hundreds of Han soldiers hid inside. At this moment, they rushed out, holding grenades in their hands. The grenade fuses were ignited and thrown into the deep trench.
The rumbling sound of explosions continued, and the screams in the ditch continued. The few soldiers who climbed up the ditch were also chopped back by the Han soldiers.
The first attack of the Chu army ended before it was officially launched. Almost no Chu soldiers who fell into the ditch could survive. The hundreds of casualties really made the ditch bloody. The screams of the soldiers who had not yet died made the Chu army who retreated to the exit point pale.
They could not rescue, because as long as they showed their heads, they would be shot by dense crossbows on the Han army's defense line. The two sides were deadlocked again in the screams of the soldiers in the ditch. Listening to the screams that came one after another, from strong to weak, they gradually became inaudible.
Wang Shubo used hundreds of lives to figure out the mystery of this ditch.
After nightfall, the second wave of attack began. This time, the Chu army appeared in front of the trench with sand bags in their arms. After throwing the sand bags in their hands into the trench, the Chu army immediately lay down to avoid the dense rain of arrows from the opposite side. Even though they were well prepared, people were still shot and fell down. Many Chu soldiers fell into the trench after being shot and became materials for filling the trench.
Half an hour later, the trench in front of the Wuya position was filled to the same level as the Chu army trench. A large number of Chu soldiers finally advanced here along the trench they dug. New Chu soldiers were added, and the trench was slowly dug forward again. By midnight, the trench had advanced to about a hundred steps away from the Han army's defense line. It was impossible to dig any more. At this distance, there were already strong Han soldiers who could throw grenades over and cause casualties to the Chu army. Next, there will be a charge of blood and fire. Fortunately, the charge was launched at this distance, and the Han army's artillery did not dare to shoot. The Chu army had to face only the officers and soldiers of the Han Army's Fourth Division in front of them. (To be continued.)
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